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UNITED STATES PATENT Unsinn.

CHARLES FAUCI-IREAU, OF ST. AMAND, SUR SEVRE, FRANCE.

SNAP-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 412,246, dated October 8, 1889.

Application filed Tune 17, 1889. Serial No. 314,568. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, CHARLES FAUoHnn-EAU,

a citizen of the French Republic, residing at St. Amand, sur Sevre, in France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Snap-Hooks, of which .the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention has relation to snap-hooks; and it has for its object to provide a device of the above character which is simple in its construction, is readily adapted to serve the many purposes for which such devices are usually intended, and which is more especially designed for use upon various portions of harness, as well as upon the shafts and single trees of vehicles.

My invention consists, essentially, in a snap-hook having a pivoted spring-actuated latch which is adapted to be swung laterally with reference to the body of the hook instead of vertically, as is usual in this class of devices.

Inasmuch as my hook is to be employed for many and various purposes, it is necessary that the body of the hook should be varied in its construction in order to adapt said hook to be readily secured or attached to the device with which it is to be used, and I have therefore illustrated in the accompanying drawings several constructions of the hook, though, as will be seen from the description given hereinafter, the same principle of operation is preserved in all the modifications.

In the drawings, Figures l to 4c are perspective views of various constructions of my device, the latter figure being shown partly in section to illustrate the arrangement of the coiled spring which actuates the latch.

As will he seen in all the above figures of drawings, the hook has a body or section which is adapted to be secured to any device with which the hook is to be used, and a latch pivoted to said section and adapted to swing laterally in relation thereto to open and close the hook.

In Fig. 1 I have shown a hook which is adapted for use upon harness collars. In said figure the hook A has a body portion or section a, having the rectangular loop por tion a', and the forwardly and upwardly projecting hook or arm c2. The upper end of the latter' is provided with a notch o3, for the reception of the notched end of the latchb. The latter is pivoted upon a screw-pin b', which is screwed into the section a within the loop portion a', as shown.

For the purpose of maintaining the latch b with its end resting in the notch of the hook a2, I employ a coiled spring which bears at one end on said arm, and the inode of arranging this spring is precisely the same in all the forms of construction shown, and is plainly illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings. The coiled spring c is placed around the pin b,within a recess cX in the latch b, provided for that purpose. One end of said spring is inserted in a notch o3 in the section a, while the other end of said spring is inserted in a notch c4 in the latch, and therefore always exerts a tendency to keep the latch closed.

In order to adapt the hook to be secured to a portion of the collar, it is provided with a threaded shank d, carrying a nut c.

The construction of the hook shown in Fig. 2 is substantially similar to that shown in Fig. l, and is intended for a like purpose, though in this instance it is adapted to be attached by means of a strap.

The hook shown in Fig. 3 is adapted to be used upon the shafts of vehicles. The section c, of the hook has no loop portion, but is provided with a threaded shank d., carrying a nut e, like the hook in Fig. I.

The hook shown in Fig. 4 is adapted to be used upon singletrees of vehicles, and for attachment thereto it is provided with a taperng shank d, made pointed at its end to adapt it to be driven into the singletree.

l. In a snapdiook, the combination, with the body or section c. of the hook provided with an arm c2, of the latch h, pivoted upon a pin b', screwed into the section a and having a recessor chamber cx, and the coiled spring c, fitted around said pin within said recess, one end of said spring being inserted in a notch in section a and the other in a notch in the latch l), as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a snapdiook, the combination, with the section 0. of the hook provided with an arm a2, the loop portion a', and the shank d,

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of the latch lb, pivoted upon a pivot-pin b', In testimony that I claim the foregoing I screwed into section c@ and having a recess have hereunto set my hand this' 18th day of c", a coiled spring c, tted around said pin May, 1889.

Within said recess, one end of said spring be- CHARLES FAUCH-EREAU. ing inserted in a notch in section a and the Witnesses: other end n a, notch in the latch b, as and for R, J. PRESTON,

the purpose speciied. M. VILLEPONTON. 

